Fare-box.



B. LBGAULT.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 19111.

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B. LBGAULT.

FARB BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7. 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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BRUNO LEGAULT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 191.1.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,886.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO LEGAULT, resident of 120 Sanguinet street, inthe city and district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in theDominion of Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in fare boxes, as described in thepresent specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings thatform part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction andarrangement of parts, whereby the pilfering of money or tickets isguarded against by the constructive features of the box where the saidmoneys or tickets are inserted and removed.

The objects of the invention are to devise a fare box which will preventthe car attendant, particularly in street railways, from purloining themoney 0r t-he tickets contributed by passengers in payment of theirfares, to facilitate the successful operation of the various parts ofthe box, and generally to provide a simple and durable constructionwithout materially adding to the cost of production.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical and longitudinal sectional viewof the box. Fig. 2 is a vertical and cross sectional view on the lineA-B in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the arrangement at oneside of the entrance slot opening of the fare gripping teeth. Fig. 4 isa perspective detail of the operating parts of the flap doors leading tothe main fare holding chest. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the upperportion of the box. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the lower portionof the box, showing the bottom doors in their open position.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the outer casing formed of the sides 2,having the upper ends 3, and the end pieces 4, 5 and 6, said sides andends being secured to the flaring base 7.

8 is a handle, secured to the end piece 5.

9 is a ring rigid with one of thevsides 2 intermediate of the heightthereof for sup@ porting the box on a hook or nail.

10 are openings in the reduced upper portions 3 of the sides.

11 is an outwardly turned flange at the bottom of the sides and ends 2,4 and 5 extending to the base 7.

12 are lock bolt holes intermediately arranged in the sides 2 at thebottom thereof. 13 are bolt holes through the sides at one end, saidbolt holes 12 and 13 being covered by the base 7. These bolt holes maybe through a separate piece also the flange 11 may be formed out of aseparate piece and soldered to lthe sides.

14 are angle strips of metal secured to the sides and ends of the outercasing above the bolt holes 12 and 13 forming an abutting surface 15 andhaving the lock bolt holes 16 therethrough.

17 is an inner door hinged to an end portion of the angle strips 14 andclosing in against the surface 15. 18 is a lock on the inside of thesaid inner door 17 having the spring bolts 19 extending into the boltholes 16 when the door isclosed, said bolts being opened by theinsertion of a suitable key through the key hole 20 in the door.

21 is the outer door hinged at one end to the outwardly turned flange 11and closing onto the abutting surface formed by said flange. 22 is alock secured to the inside of said outer door 21 and having a double setof spring bolts 23 and 24, said bolts being suitably connected so thatit is necessary to insert suitable keys through the key holes 25 and 26simultaneously in order to unlock the double set of bolts 28 and 24.

This construction in locks is not novel and therefore there is nothingparticular claimed in regard to the construction of al lock, as anysuitable lock of the type described'may be used, the main feature beingthat two keys must be'inserted, or in other words, the outer door 21must be doubly locked in some satisfactory manner in orderthat theopening of the said door may be dependent only on the proper collusionof two individuals.

27 is a vertical partition extending upwardly from the inner door 17 andterminating at the beginning of the reduced portion 3 forming a chamber28.

29 i`s an angle piece extending across the end 4 immediately below thereduced portion 3.

30 are flap doors having the pivot pins 31 at the end thereot1 extendinginto the angle piece 29 and into the partition 27.

32 are ledges extending inwardly from the reduced portion 3 of the sides2 above th flap doors 30.

33 are guide plates extending downwardly from the end pieces land 6- andturned inwardly above the flap doors 30.

34 are toggle joints having their members 35 rigidly secured to the,pivot ins 31 extending throughrthe partition 2 and their members 36pivotally secured to the bar 37.

38 is a plate laterally extending from the bar 37 and rigid therewith.

39 is a rod having the thumb button 40 at the upper endr andD extendingthrough the orifice 4l into the chamber 28 and carrying the plate 38intermediate of its length, said plate being rigid with said rod andcontained within said chamber 28 together with the toggle joint 34.

42 is a plate rigidly secured to the walls of the chamber 28intermediate of the height thereof and having a central orifice thereinthrough which the rod 39 extends.

43 is a helical springencircling therod 39 ybetween the fixed plate 42and the plate 38, thereby keepingthe said plate 38 constantly in itsupper position and naturally the rod as the'said plate 38 is rigidtherewith, so that, on the downward pressure of the rod, the togglejoints 34 are operated and with them the iiap doors 30.

44 is an -inwardly'turned flange extending inwardly from the top of thesides 2 and end pieces 4 and 6 having the screw holes 45 therethrou h.

' 46V are wint ow frames, rigidly secured to the reduced portions 3 ofthe sides 2 over the openings 10, said frames being each separated intothree divisions containing the glass panes 47, 48 and 49.

450`is the topY pieceor cap closing in the top of the casing and incross section of arc-shape or seinicircularform having the closed ends51 and flanges 52 and 53 extending inward from theends and sidesrespectively. v

54 are threaded holes through the flanges 52.

55 and 56 denote two pairs of slots cut in the sides of the flanges 53on opposite sides of the box. 1

57 is a fare slot through the center of the cap 50 and situated betweenlthe pairs of slots 55 and 56.

58 are screws inserted through the screw holes 45 .into the threadedholes 54 and adapted to retain the cap `50 in position on the flange 44forming the reception chamber 59 for the tickets, inserted through thefareslot 57, which leads through the flap doors 30 into the main chestportion 60.

n 6l are plates substantially semi-circular in shape and conforming tothe interior wall of the cap 50, each of said plates having thelongitudinal slot 62 forming parallel walls 63 and 64, said walls 63 and64 having vertical cross slots 65 cut thereinto for a portion of thedepth of said plate, both the longitudinal slot and the cross slotsextending inwardly from the curved edge of the plate 61. 66 are teeth,one end of which terminates in the points 67, the other forms the tail68 bent at an angle to the point` 69 is a wire threaded through theteeth 66 between said point sections and tail sections and inserted inthe longitudinal slot 62 in each of said plates 6l, one of said teethbeing in each of said cross slots (i5, the points 67 extending beyondthe plate and the kends of the wire being suitably secured at the endsof said plates. The said plates 61 are inserted in the slots 55 and 56respectively, the teeth from one plate are alternate with the teeth ofthe other plate, so that anything inserted in said fare slot must comein contact with said teeth and push thepoints downwardly. 7 0 areplatesA of metal rigidly secured by the screws 7l or any suitable way tothe straight backs of the plates 6l and extending laterally therefrom,said plates 70 being doubled back forming the upper sides 72, said uppersides having the longitudinal slots 73 therein arranged forming thespring bars 74, each of said spring bars having the heads 75 engagingthe tails 68 of the teeth 66 and holding the point sections 67 of saidteeth in a substantially horizontal position. 76 are screws securingsaid plates 61 in place in the slots 55 and 56.

ln the operation of this device, the fare, either in the form of aticket or a small coin, is inserted in the :tare slot 57 and comes incontact with the teeth 66, the points of these teeth are pusheddownwardly by the ticket or coin against the downward pressure of thespring bars 74, so that immediately the teeth are released from contactwith the coin or ticket, they resume a horizontal position, the ticketor coin,` its passage being accelerated as usual by the next ticket orcoin, drops into the reception chamber 59 and on to the top of the flapdoors 39. The rod 39 is then operated, which opens the flap doors 30 anddrops the ticket or coin, or several of them, into the main chest 60.

It will be seen that the ticket or coin must be inserted directly intothe fare slot 57, otherwise it will roll olf to one side on account ofthe curved top to the cap 50, so that no Ymoney can be left lodging onthe top of the fare box, as is so common with the lat topped boxes,where passengers are in a hurry and simply leave their money for theconductor of the ,car tofput in, thereby eliminating one source of lossto the car company.

The teeth 66 in alternate arrangement from the opposite side, preventthe withdraWal of the fare, as on any upward pull of the ticket or cointhe teeth Will grip into said ticket or coin and hold it iirmly. Theseteeth for gripping purposes have, ofcourse, been known in severaldifferent forms, and the present invention is not intended to cover moreforms than the one shown, With reasonable modiications.

The side openings in the upper portion of the box are protected by aplurality of small Windovv panes, leaving a comparatively small spacefor entrance to the reception chamber, if a glass happens to be broken.

TWhat I claim as my invention is:

A fare boX, a casing, a cap secured to and closing in the top of saidcasing of arc* shaped form in cross section and having a central crossfare slot therethrough, a pair of arc-shaped plates introduced Withinsaid cap, one on each side of said fare slot, said plates beinglongitudinally slotted forming parallel Walls having vertical .slotsextending thereinto from the curved edge of said plates, a plurality ofteeth pivotally secured in said vertical slots having their points eX-tend beyond the plates in alternate arrangement With respect thereto andtheir tail sections eXtend to the rear of said plates, plates secured tothe straight side of said tooth plates and extending laterally therefromand doubled over and terminating in a plurality of spring bars havingsuitable heads engaging the tail sections of said teeth, and means forsecuring said tooth plates and said cap.

Signed at the city and district of Montreal; Quebec, Canada, this 12thday of April, 1910.

BRUNO LEGAULT.

Witnesses:

G. H. TRESIDDER, P. SHEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

